ETYMA Two: An Introduction to Vocabulary Building from Latin and Greek

ETYMA II is an undergraduate or advanced high school textbook for English vocabulary-building. It is divided into three parts, beginning with a brief history of foreign words in English, including information on families of languages, the Indo-European relations of English, and the development of the language. This is followed by two large sections on the Latin and Greek element in English. In every section, numerous exercises help students work closely with the material. Each of the practical word-building chapters ends with a summary “what you should know” as well as adequate reviews. Complete reviews of material are included between every few chapters. Games, projects, vocabulary notes on history in words, words in contexts, odd and interesting words are included in every lesson to keep students’ interest alive, especially in the more arid chapters on the nuts and bolts of vocabulary building.

Table of Contents:
Abbreviations and Symbols Foreword SECTION ONE: HISTORY IN WORDS Chapter One: Families of Languages Chapter Two: The Indo-European Family of Languages Chapter Three: Some Definitions Chapter Four: The Beginnings of English Chapter Five: The Anglo-Saxons in England Chapter Six: The Normans in England Afterword: Modern English SECTION TWO: LATIN WORDS IN ENGLISH Chapter One: Vade Mecum A. Latin Nouns and Adjectives Chapter Two: Direct Entries & Simple Changes Chapter Three: Adjective-Forming Suffixes Chapter Four: Noun-Forming Suffixes Interlude 1: Review of Latin Nouns and Adjectives B. Latin Verbs Chapter Five: Latin Verbs Become English Chapter Six: Prefixes Interlude 2: Review of Latin Verbs and Prefixes Chapter Seven: The Present Base of Latin Verbs, Suffixes Chapter Eight: The Participial Base of Latin Verbs, Suffixes Interlude 3: Review of Latin Verbs, Prefixes, and Suffixes SECTION THREE: GREEK WORDS IN ENGLISH Chapter Nine: Greek Words—Simple Changes Chapter Ten: Compounds from Two Noun Bases Chapter Eleven: Greek Adjectives Used in English Chapter Twelve: Greek Suffixes Chapter Thirteen: Greek Prefixes Chapter Fourteen: Greek Verbs Postlude: Review of Greek (Nine to Fourteen) Appendix I: Latin Noun Declensions Appendix II: Summary of Latin Plurals Glossary I: Latin Base Words Glossary II: English to Latin Glossary III: Greek Words, Bases, Combining Forms Glossary IV: English to Greek Index

About the Author :
Cecelia Eaton Luschnig is Professor Emerita of Classics at the University of Idaho. She is the author of An Introduction to Ancient Greek, several books on Euripides, and translations of Greek drama. Lance J. Luschnig is an artist. His photographs have been exhibited in Paris, Athens, Amsterdam, Brussels, the Berlin Book Festival, the Frankfurt Book Festival as well as at galleries in various cities in the U.S. He studied linguistics at Northwestern University.